Description
Description
SAIC is looking for a Systems Engineer to serve as a Systems Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed US Navy enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery. This position will work a schedule of 3PM - 11 PM, 5 days per week to include weekends and a rotating on call requirement.
Work will be performed at the Navy customer's site in Suffolk, VA.
Position is contingent on funding in April 2025.
Specific duties include:
- Provide Tier 1 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 2/Tier 3 support as required.
- Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance.
- Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments.
- Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations.
- Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions.
- Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures.
- Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures.
- Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment.
- Operate and maintain asset management processes and procedures.
- Operate and maintain configuration management.
- Enact change management for the network.
- Operate and maintain existing incident management processes
- Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment.
Qualifications
Required Education and Years of Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related discipline and two (2) years of relevant experience in enterprise architecture and supporting a large network infrastructure
- 4 years of additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree
Required Security Clearance:
- Secret Clearance required
Required Skills and Experience:
- Experience with the following services: Linux; Windows Server; Active Directory and Group Policy; DNS; Python, BASH, Powershell, or similar; Ansible (Tower), Puppet, Chef, Terraform, Containerization, Jenkins, or similar; deploying VMs within VMWare vSphere
- Experience with the following a plus: Nautobot, RHEL Satellite, InfoBlox DDI; RedHat Linux 8
- Working knowledge with Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices
- Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting
- Windows Server / Active Directory
Required Certifications:
- IAT Level II required (Sec + and OS Certification)
Working Environment and Travel:
- Able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment
- Able to cover on-call schedule on a rotating basis
- Travel up to 25% may be required
Desired:
- Certifications are considered a plus: CompTia Linux+, RedHat Linux, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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